Medical emergencies often present symptoms that people might mistake for alcohol intoxication. This confusion can lead to delayed treatment and serious consequences. Understanding these conditions ...

Discover essential insights about auto-brewery syndrome, a rare condition causing intoxication from gut-produced ethanol.

Emergency department (ED), gastroenterology, and infectious disease specialists discuss the case of a 50-year-old woman who had visited the ED at least 7 times for extreme daytime sleepiness and ...

Alcohol poisoning is a serious and potentially deadly condition that occurs when someone drinks a large amount of alcohol in a short period of time. This overwhelms the body’s ability to process the ...

A string of deaths in Laos tied to tainted alcohol has raised alarm around the world and renewed concerns about methanol in alcoholic drinks. Last week, six tourists died in Laos from a suspected ...

Amino acids reduce symptoms of alcohol abuse, intoxication and withdrawal Amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, are often deficient in alcoholics because of chronic malnutrition and ...